THE BATMAN Sequel Officially Announced At CinemaCon; Matt Reeves Will Return To Direct

THE BATMAN Sequel Officially Announced At CinemaCon; Matt Reeves Will Return To Direct

We figured we'd get an official announcement regarding a sequel to The Batman at CinemaCon, and sure enough, a follow-up to Matt Reeves' acclaimed reboot is now in development.

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By MarkCassidy - Apr 26, 2022 08:04 PM EST
Filed Under: The Batman

We knew it was only a matter of time, and a sequel to Matt Reeves' The Batman is now officially in development.

The announcement was made during Warner Bros.' CinemaCon presentation (Rohan has boots on the ground, so you can keep up to date with our live blog HERE), with studio chief Toby Emmerich confirming that “Matt Reeves, Rob Pattinson and the entire team will be taking audiences back to Gotham with The Batman 2.”

No other cast members outside of Pattinson were mentioned, but we assume Zoe Kravitz, Andy Serkis, Jeffrey Wright and Colin Farrell will reprise their respective roles. Whether Paul Dano returns as The Riddler remains to be seen, but Reeves and co. will most likely decide to go with a new main villain this time. Could it be The Joker?

Barry Keoghan played a "proto" version of the Clown Prince of Crime for one scene right at the very end of the movie, but Reeves has insisted that his appearance wasn't necessarily setting up a direct sequel. Still, we'd be very surprised if The Dark Knight's most iconic foe didn't factor into his next big screen outing in some capacity.

“The success of The Batman was a true team effort. We could not have gotten to this place without the theatrical experience. For that, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. As a lifelong fan of the movies, I treasure what you do,” Reeves said earlier today. “There’s a sanctuary to be found in the movies.”

What do you guys hope to see from The Batman 2? Drop us a comment down below.

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ElricReturns
ElricReturns - 4/26/2022, 8:12 PM
240%
tripttwe
tripttwe - 4/26/2022, 9:10 PM
@ElricReturns -
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 4/27/2022, 3:31 AM
@ElricReturns - "Rohan has boots on the ground, so you can keep up to date with our live blog HERE"

Any bets on what kind of boots Rohan has on the ground?

I'm going with those yellow rubber rain boots.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/26/2022, 8:13 PM
Vengeance returns
Havenless
Havenless - 4/26/2022, 8:14 PM
I would really like to see something new like what we saw in the first movie. Maybe more about Arkham which no movie has touched on yet (movie based on the first video game would be cool), or a new villain altogether. Court of Owls, Hush, etc.

I have this sinking feeling it’ll be Joker, AGAIN…..
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 4/26/2022, 8:24 PM
@Havenless - The time has come for the man who killed Batman to shine.
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 4/26/2022, 8:25 PM
@Reeds2Much -
Chuck420Taylor
Chuck420Taylor - 4/26/2022, 8:31 PM
@Havenless - I'm a lil surprised we didn't get one scene with matches malone.
CaptainFlapjaks
CaptainFlapjaks - 4/26/2022, 8:52 PM
@Havenless - Reeves has gone on record saying he has no interest in the joker. He is more interested in Mr. Freeze. He only used joker to establish the fact batman has already dealt with some of his rogues gallery and that some are already developed into their villain personas
SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 4/26/2022, 8:55 PM
@CaptainFlapjaks - I'd be down with him being a behind the scenes guy, who, maybe for the third movie, rounds up all the villains to take Batman down. So he's there, and maybe pulling all the strings, but it's not just Batman and Joker again.
CaptainFlapjaks
CaptainFlapjaks - 4/26/2022, 8:57 PM
@Chuck420Taylor - Matches Malone would be such a fun character to see. Maybe in the sequel after he discovers how integral Falcone was to the city of Gotham Bruce goes undercover to find out how it got that way. I think the whole city corruption plot is going to be the thread that connects the films.
JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 4/26/2022, 9:07 PM
@CaptainFlapjaks - Matt Reeves never really said he’s interested in doing Mr Freeze. He was asked about doing me freeze as the next villain and he said “if there is way we can ground him, then we’ll see”
CaptainFlapjaks
CaptainFlapjaks - 4/26/2022, 9:15 PM
@SummersEssex - Maybe but I would rather see other villains get their time to shine. I would love to see Clayface and he would work well in a detective noir setting. Joker being a behind the scenes guy could work. Maybe him and riddler take control of Arkham.
CaptainFlapjaks
CaptainFlapjaks - 4/26/2022, 9:20 PM
@JoJo1982 - ah ok. well i think it can be done and it would be neat to see him again in a film. Having this batman already in an identity crisis with how he handles things would become increasingly conflicted from dealing with a villain who is just trying to save his wife while being screwed over by big pharma.
Coach
Coach - 4/30/2022, 12:55 AM
@JoJo1982 - Mr. Freeze could be grounded as a mob guy whonis just cold hearted. He got his nickname "Mr. Freeze" because he once killed a guy by freezing his body one part at a time. He could be fighting for the power left from Falcone's absence. You could still factor his wife into the story as someone dying from a rare disease and Mr. Freeze is using his "authority" to do anything he can to keep her alive.
JosephCronos92
JosephCronos92 - 4/26/2022, 8:14 PM
*Ave Maria intensifies*
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 4/26/2022, 8:15 PM
Give me him.
CaptainMexico
CaptainMexico - 4/26/2022, 8:34 PM
@MCUKnight11 - I swear you could do a grounded Mr. Freeze AND still find a way to give him a freeze gun.
feedonatreefrog
feedonatreefrog - 4/26/2022, 8:38 PM
@CaptainMexico - No Country for Old Men comes to mind. But instead of a compressed air gun, maybe a gun that shoots frozen bullets (that leave no ballistic trace after melting).
GameOn
GameOn - 4/26/2022, 8:42 PM
@feedonatreefrog - That’s honestly a sick idea
Antagonist
Antagonist - 4/26/2022, 8:51 PM
@feedonatreefrog - That's a GREAT idea.
SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 4/26/2022, 8:56 PM
@CaptainMexico - or just do not grounded.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 4/26/2022, 9:06 PM
@GameOn - sick like he has… a COLLLLD?!?
DCasAhobby
DCasAhobby - 4/26/2022, 9:11 PM
@CaptainMexico @feedonatreefrog - there's no point in doing Mr. Freeze if he's so grounded he just shoots frozen bullets or uses an air compresser.

Ya'll are ridiculous. Tell me really what's the point in that. After you ground the fantasical so much it's no longer the same character. That's like given Superman a rocketpack and have him visit Gotham in the Batman 2. Ridiculous
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 4/26/2022, 9:27 PM
@BO31 - “the body… it’s stiff and cold”
“You thinking what I’m thinking?”
“Yep. Mr. Freeze”
“No no Mr. Freeze, I’m sayin he died hours ago. Heart attack by the looks of it, geez Commissioner, does he have to help us EVERY time?”
“Of course, he’s Batman, put out an APB for Mr Freeze”
kg8817
kg8817 - 4/26/2022, 10:09 PM
@MCUKnight11 - They can do Freeze right by focusing on the character of him and not the “theme” of him. For example, Victor’s weapon explained in the real world could be liquid nitrogen, sure. And it may seem a little outlandish and such.

But that’s not what makes Victor Fries compelling, and if you focus on him as a character it won’t matter.

Only caring about figuring out how to cure Nora - and failing - but keeping her alive with the very technology that causes him to lose his humanity is what makes Freeze compelling. Couple that with sabotage from whomever wronged him corporate wise gives him the edge of Revenge and Vengeance similar to Bruce.

A corporate sabotage angle could also be a great continuation to the narrative thread started in this movie that Bruce doesn’t care about the corporate aspect of his name and is letting Wayne Enterprises fall into oblivion. This could force him to take action and realize that as Batman needs to be built into the symbol of hope he realized at the end of the first one, that Bruce Wayne needs to be built into the public playboy CEO persona he currently lacks.
CaptainMexico
CaptainMexico - 4/26/2022, 11:55 PM
@BO31 - I don’t dislike the frozen bullet idea but I would rather see a grounded but still high tech liquid nitrogen freeze stream. Just because it’s grounded doesn’t mean it it has to be over simplified with no gadgets. He had the camera contacts, and hacker tools…this franchise isn’t to grounded for high tech stuff.
tylerzero
tylerzero - 4/27/2022, 12:07 AM
@CaptainMexico -

JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 4/27/2022, 6:27 AM
@CaptainMexico - I think some of y’all are setting yourself for disappointment if you think Mr Freeze, Man Bat, Killer Croc, and Clayface will have a part in this franchise. Lol

Court of Owls, Hush, 2 Face, and probably Scarface/Ventriloquist will have a better chance in this franchise.
solskulldeath
solskulldeath - 4/27/2022, 7:11 AM
@kg8817 - that's took 3 hours to tell the origin of Dr freeze.
ChrisRed
ChrisRed - 4/26/2022, 8:16 PM
Great news but please use another villain than the Joker.
Maybe a movie set partly in Arkham with Scarecrow and Hugo Strange running the show
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